Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87
Belongs to Rhinoptera according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
See also White 1926
Sister taxa: Rhinoptera bonasus, Rhinoptera brasiliensis, Rhinoptera daviesii, Rhinoptera dubius, Rhinoptera maja, Rhinoptera marginata, Rhinoptera prisca, Rhinoptera raeburni, Rhinoptera rasilis, Rhinoptera schultzi, Rhinoptera sherboni, Rhinoptera smithi, Rhinoptera studeri, Rhinoptera woodwardi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ameki, SE of, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection)
• Eocene of Kyrgyzstan (1), Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (4), Uzbekistan (3)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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